Populations Digitally Excluded from Education: Issues, Factors, Contributions and Actions for Policy, Practice and Research in a Post-Pandemic Era

• Main Authors: Passey, Don, Ntebutse, Jean Gabin, Ahmad, Manal Yazbak Abu, Cochrane, Janet, Collin, Simon, Ganayem, Asmaa, Langran, Elizabeth, Mulla, Sadaqat, Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T., Saito, Toshinori, Shonfeld, Miri, Somasi, Saunand
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Addressing digital exclusion; Digital education; Digital exclusion; Digitally excluded populations; Educational exclusion; Educational inclusion; Computer Engineering; Computer Sciences; Education; Educational Technology; Engineering; Engineering Education; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Science and Mathematics Education
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/421; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/discs-faculty-pubs/article/1423/viewcontent/s10758_024_09767_w.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This conceptual paper draws on a wide range of research and policy literature, providing a contemporary view of issues, factors and practices that affect education for digitally excluded populations. Concern for how education for digitally excluded populations can be supported is focal to this paper, with different sections offering key related perspectives. From an analysis of issues, factors and practices, actions for policy, practice and research are identified. Given a key finding that power issues can have major effects on plans, implementation processes and outcomes when addressing needs of education for digitally excluded populations, the paper concludes by offering frameworks to support and enable key discussions, to involve representatives from an excluded population as well as those from policy (government and industry), practitioners (teachers and learners) and researchers.